mg name origin

[Mark Lumsden]

Anyone know the history behind mg being called mg?

THis in the mg tutorial (/usr/share/doc/mg/tutorial):

The mg editor was originally named MicroGNUEmacs. The name was changed
to mg at the request of Richard Stallman,...

The second sentence suggests Richard Stallman suggested the name mg
but in the README we have:

Mg was formerly named MicroGnuEmacs, the name change was
done at the request of Richard Stallman.

Which suggests he only requested the change, not the precise name.

Anyone know?
mark

Re: mg name origin

[Lars]

Mark Lumsden wrote:
 Anyone know the history behind mg being called mg?

 THis in the mg tutorial (/usr/share/doc/mg/tutorial):

 The mg editor was originally named MicroGNUEmacs. The name was changed
to mg at the request of Richard Stallman,...

 The second sentence suggests Richard Stallman suggested the name mg
but in the README we have:

 Mg was formerly named MicroGnuEmacs, the name change was
 done at the request of Richard Stallman.

 Which suggests he only requested the change, not the precise name.

 Anyone know?
 mark



I would make a guess that mg stands for Micro Gnu.. but I am not sure as
it is only a guess.

Anything that gets rid of GNU or stallman is a bonus for me.

Re: mg name origin

[Ted Unangst]

I don't think the name of the program ever changed.  (Who would want
to type MircoGNUEmacs every time you edit a file?)  mg used to be an
acronym, now it officially means nothing.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012, Mark Lumsden wrote:
 Anyone know the history behind mg being called mg?
 
 THis in the mg tutorial (/usr/share/doc/mg/tutorial):
 
 The mg editor was originally named MicroGNUEmacs. The name was changed
 to mg at the request of Richard Stallman,...
 
 The second sentence suggests Richard Stallman suggested the name mg
 but in the README we have:
 
 Mg was formerly named MicroGnuEmacs, the name change was
 done at the request of Richard Stallman.
 
 Which suggests he only requested the change, not the precise name.
 
 Anyone know?
 mark